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Middlemarch by George Eliot explores the intertwined lives of various characters in the small English town of Middlemarch. Dorothea Brooke, a zealous reformer, marries the older scholar Reverend Edward Casaubon, only to find herself drawn to his young cousin, Will Ladislaw. Meanwhile, idealistic doctor Tertius Lydgate faces financial ruin due to his wife Rosamond’s extravagance and public suspicion. Other characters include Rosamond’s brother, Fred Vincy, who matures and marries Mary Garth.